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@@georgeauto Been watching this ep over and over as I just bought a 7 seater Ford Everest sight unseen interstate and waiting for it ti arrive (3 weeks). Love to see more content on this family daily beast
I’ve done it dozens of times with family and friends and 7 times myself there nothing wrong with it at all… pulled over a handful of times no issues at all, police just doing their job they see a no plate car they pull it over and you have the papers and off you go..
awesome video man - i used to drive a RWD '06 territory and i love every second of it even though it was knackered. i took it everywhere when i got my P's before i bought a new car. cant wait to see how it continues!
Excellent George well done mate. Starting to look good. I’ve got the same idea as you, buy one that is a little shabby but fix everything up yourself so you know it’s safe with new parts. Then you have a car that should be trouble free for years to come
Thankyou Patrick, appreciate your comment, and yes that's what I was thinking, might be able to find a cleaner one for a bit more but, didn't want to spend ages looking around just rather get into it
This is such a great tale! It’s great these older cars can still be brought back to its former glory. Only issue I have is they can be easily written off because you can’t insure them for much.
awesome to hear mate, thanks for the comment, I feel like not enough people have time time or care to fix cars, easier to wreck them and make a quick buck but its good to save them too I think
new subscriber ,glad to be here mate,just a very quick Territory RWC incident at work 5 years ago ,customer requested a RWC and i knew within 28 seconds it was going to be a headache when he stated all i need is a transfer ...hint hint hint ,two days later it turned up and it sounded odd ,got all the details told the young fella go get a coffee and a sausage roll at the bakery and come back in 90 minutes ,lifted the bonnet and im greeted with a Boss 290,closed bonnet ,rang hes mobile and explained theres an issue without relevant engineers paperwork and i was threatened with a Fitzroy uppercut whatever that form of punishment might be ,interesting build its a shame Ford never did this
I love the Territories. They look great. Hat tip to you for putting in the hard yards to bring it back to life. Your patience has paid off. Congrats dude.
Hi Mate, good job, I'm doing a turbo territory up myself, just a tip, make sure you change the inline turbo oil filter just in case you haven't already done it, make the oil presure drop and the oil light on, its a tiny little filter just before the oil pressure sensor.
Love how you made this a project with your son. When I was 18 I bought an EB XR6 timing chain dampener broke and fell into sump. Was the best bonding time I’ve ever had with my dad
great job of bringing it back to life. Looks like it'll turn into such a cool suv. I hope one day to do projects like this with my boy. Good luck and keep up the good work!
Subbed, good on ya for doing it with your son, don't see enough of father son mechanics and to me as a kid that was some of my best memories of my father. Great video, well done
Good turnaround 👌🏽 You mentioned a few times that you’re not looking forward in the fuel economy, instead of putting bigger injectors on it, front mount, tune, maybe leave it stock. Stock is always reliable & economical. The moment you start boosting them, you tend to drive them harder which will burn your fuel a lot faster 😅 My opinion anyway 🤙🏽
Great point! thanks, I had 1000ccs in my FG when it was tuned to 428rw and she was getting 9.9-11L per 100ks, which was about the same as my NA BF was getting so I didn't think it made a difference, ive been driving over 300rwkw now daily for like 5 years, and most of the time im driving fully normal, so fuel consumption is ok, even my FG now has triple 460 walbros and 1650ccs and she gets about 550 to a tank I think that's normal. thanks for the comment
This makes me feel better ... I just bought one for 10K ... needs water pump, rear main, trans bush and right front vert diff bush .. couple of minor interior bits ... but love it already .. best of luck to you bro!
These are so cool. I was lucky enough to buy one for my partner when she was a nanny to four kids. She hated the fuel economy but we loved the 5,500 km road trip from Christchurch to Cape Reinga, coromandel and back to Christchurch last summer. Also, we were camping in the back of it but the double mattress didn't really fit.
i have a very similar story with buying a Territory on marketplace that said "it only needs a few things" - 12 months later i think i've got it sorted! lol
Keep it up mate! i love my Ghia turbo terry even tho i did pay 13K for it.. even for 13k mine still needs front bushes done. haha but the car is immaculate inside and out. othere then a few small dints. next up for me is the same as you! injectors and valve springs witch im doing my self. and also ARP head studs and gasket.. looking for the 380HP mark with is and ill be happy. also gonna recore the garret with a pulsar core and upgrade the Oil pump gears. but all in all i love this thing Enjoy it mate!
Nice that sounds good I’m sure this will end up costing me about the same but it won’t be as clean but I guess I can slowly work on it , let me know how you go with the mods
Aw bro I feel for you! I bought a 2006 Ford Territory GHIA Turbo august last year, the only problem listed was that it has a knock going over bumps in the front end, said that he thought it was the shocks and mounts, was cheap enough for just those so I thought I’d fly down to Sydney and pick it up and drive it home (6hr drive home) when I had it up on a mates hoist it needs 2x tyres, front diff bushes, steering rack, rear diff bushes, turbo (steel factory oil pipe filter clogged and has starved the turbo), had a front main leak, balancer was about to fall off. I’ve fixed all the oil leaks and fitted a new balancer, water pump, radiator hoses, drivebelt, tensioner and idler, front diff bushes I put superpro hybrids in so won’t have to do them again, new rack and rack ends, tie rod ends, put 2x new tyres on and in a couple weeks I’m about to fit SY2 front suspension as the lower ball joints are stuffed. Slowly but surely it’s getting there but it has been an expensive learning curve, I love the car lots it’s a very fun car and all but I wish I inspected it or had it inspected (arrived at 930pm at night so couldn’t see much when looking at it) Once the SY2 suspension is in, I get the rear differential bushes done and replace the turbo it’ll be so good but I love it still.
So many stories like this from Facebook marketplace. Glad you are able to see the bright side and enjoy the experience. The seller should refund you about $2K on the purchase price. It's people like him that ruin marketplace
Thats funny as. I bought my 2007 TTG in Melbourne 2019 before covid hit for $5000 with 225000kms. Was in really, really good nick. Just the usual bushes and small bits here and there. Drove it howme to Darwin.
What a score! Yes I got a BF turbo ZF for 7500 And was wrapped with that , put over 70,000ks on it 280,000 all up and sold it for 13.500 , thanks for the comment
Best upgrade you did was the SY2 suspension conversion. Super dangerous with the earlier design. You don't want to loose a front wheel on the highway lol
Funny thing I was going to buy this for my mother seen it though nothing but a death trap I’m my opinion it wasn’t even worth what he was asking for it he was better off selling parting it out good on ya George at least we know this is going to get the love it needs can’t wait to see this finished will be a beautiful car
Wow no way , so the exact car ? Yeah I had no idea how bad it was till we looked closer , everything is fixable with the right amount of effort and money though
Bro I did exactly the same thing as you and even used Travis (One Stop) to sort all my RWC items. Mine is one the road but a work in progress just like yours.
I have also been educated- tyvm - & congrats on a job well done- 300 is good power for a 7 seater that can go most places, is a pity that this car didn’t come stock with bigger wheels & clearance.
I feel ya man, all these little issues add up and cost time and money, and with Fords going up in prices market prices for parts are starting to go up. Unfortunately the young ones love to own these vehicles but they dont look after them or maintain them due to lack of funds. Bottom line, a message to all young men out there, dont buy a car you cant afford to maintain, you will destroy a legendary vehicle with your brokeness. I am doing up an BF XR6T ZF6 at the moment that was repo'd of a young man who couldn't make payments and it is a total mess, 16k in parts to date, but it will be a one of a kind, all carbon fibre interior trims and updates, yeah boy! Nice to see you looking after these iconic cars. Its kind of addictive the feels you get from restoring a nice FORD too, peace.
Was there any accident repair records on the PPSR? Looks like the rad support and up under the front has had a few dents hammered out. Great to see it back on the road, it makes me sad to see people let nice cars like this go to ruin.
Buy the nolathane front diff bushes they are a two piece bush (people will hate on them but we have had ours in for 2 years no issues) took me about 4 hours to do, cut the old bush out and the nolathane slip in from the front and rear and the bolt pulls them together, if you can do the rear bushes you can do the front diff bushes
I did see a video of a guy doing that but I think he's put them in the wrong way, to do it property the whole thing has to come out, I had a whole heap of other stuff changed also, including drive shafts, engine mounts, and the syii conversion, thanks for your comment
Do you know if it possible to get an ZF 6SP OEM reflash at a tuners shop ? I had my ZF box rebuilt (the box had not failed but I wanted it freshened up) by a Transmission Builder and they flashed it with their tune version and its not good. I would like to go back to the original tune. ZF in Sydney said they can do it by sending in the Mechatronics unit and a photo of the VIN number so that involves a few weeks without a vehicle.
@@georgeauto Sure did mate! I first subscribed to you when you first got the VL, as i was building mine at the same time and needed inspiration from ya 🙌🏽💯👍🏽
Farrrk that was a lot of work, I would have noped out as soon as seeing it in person. I’d be careful with the 7 seat conversion - if you do it without informing VicRoads and you have an accident, insurance likely won’t cover you, even if it’s a factory part. You may or may not need a separate roadworthy cert to get it all legit - best to ask them.
Yeah man 99% of people would have but not here, it’s like that with most of my projects , really didn’t take that long and was a good few weekends learning/ spending time with the boy , the seats are a direct bolt in , similar to the old VNs and EBs that would have a bolt in dickie seat it’s all factory
Well done George. That's a killer could you say "Soccer Mum car" Not the conventional way to go, but as you say that's car life and I know which I would rather do family trips in compared a Kia Carnival. Love that Thomas is learning. Should be a killer package with 1000cc and tune. All the best
Thanks mate that’s a really nice comment, you understand me! Yeah hopefully motors alright when we turn it up , I’ve drove it home doesn’t feel quick at all , but drive fine normally
@@georgeauto It’s a car guy thing. Super comfy plush and power to boot. They aren’t quick out of the box, but you have a good base to challenge a few of your ever growing ford fleet.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet but you’ll need to get the car engineered or recompiled if you put 7 seats in a 5 seater car. Same if you take the two extra seats out of a 7 seater to make more room. You can get done for it in most states and territories so just look into it mate.
mate you can buy the territory as a 7 seater or a 5 seater they all have the mount spot for the extra seat and belts because of this you can put the extra seat in the back no engineering needed because it was a factory option i should know as i have had both cheers
@@glennarnold3970might be different for Vic or Qld but you can fit 7 seats in a car in NSW if is stays 5 seater on the vin plate and rego papers thats what the police and mechanic require for to pass a greenslip/rego check. you need to blue slip/engineer it to keep the paperwork up to date with the cars current form or you leave yourself open to defect notice from police or not being able pass 12 month rego checks to rerego your car over here its a headache.
I’m not sure about the SZ version I don’t think I’ve seen it done before but I guess with the right setup I couldn’t see how it wouldn’t work , might be pricey though doing it properly and reliably
The rods on a silvertop Barra will break straight away with any decent boost. Green tops from mid BF onwards have strongers rods - at least as strong as the Turbo Redtop, and better higher compression to boot.
WELL great job brother ya got my sub iv had my channel from 2007 old school its a hobby for me mostly have private family videos were all ant member of our family have a code it works great for weddings anyway big car bloke thx blk top ?
I think it can be done but not properly ( there is a guy on RU-vid that does it but he puts them in backwards , for what it worth with my family in the car I want it done 100% properly
A lot off people don’t know if go to ford some parts where recalled & where free to replace & because my mother had 2004 Ford territory TX with duel fuel & had it for 7 years and gave it to a friend recently last year bought a rav4
@@georgeauto It was weird, Despite there still being a hose connected to the turbo and wastegate, I was still experiencing what we thought was boost cut, LONG story short, it was oddly fuel cut and the car pulling the absolute timing out of itself to save itself. all sorted and tuned now at least :)
Hey mate, which thinners did you use to get the spray paint off? Trying to get pray paint off my rims as well, but haven't found one that works. Seems like it's been on there for years, but has recently chipped off pretty easily driving on dirt roads.
I just used general purpose that I had laying around took off the spray paint but left the OG paint on there , id do a little test patch in a no so visible area first to see how it goes as it might take the OG paint off too
@@georgeauto any chance you have the product name? Tried a few thinners from Bunnings but none of them worked great. Thinking of paint stripper but not sure how it would react with the original powder coating underneath.
